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IBM Think Tank: Insights for Your Business

Think Tank has been designed specifically for businesses like yours. We aim to give you simple, clear advice and information that gets to the point fast. Our insights could make a real difference to the way your business runs, and especially to your bottom line. Visit ibm.com/expressadvantage/uk/thinktank to learn more...

Tags: IBM Corp., Think Tank, Strategy, Management

White papers 2008-05-12

Is the EU spending big bucks for the obvious from QualiPSo?

QualiPSo bills itself as a "unique alliance of European, Brazilian and Chinese ICT industry players, SMEs, governments and academics to help industries and governments fuel innovation and competitiveness with Open Source software."It's a think tank.Governments, academic institutions, and corporations in Europe, Asia and Brazil have all put in big bucks...

Tags: Industry, Fact, Buck, Think Tank, QualiPSo, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-08-28

Intel chimes in on ZDNet slam of Centrino brand

Intel chimes in on ZDNet slam of Centrino brandMy $0.02After my experience with my current laptop (Dell Inspiron 5150, P4HT, generic Dell miniPCI wnic), I'll go to great lengths to make sure the built-in wireless adapter on my next laptop is NOT based on any Broadcom chipset. It was...

Tags: Branding, Processors, Notebooks, Wi-Fi, think tank, Microsoft Windows NT, Centrino branding, brand, Intel Centrino, laptop computer, Intel Corp., marketing

Discussion threads 2005-07-08

Additional Resources

iPhone gas application roundup

On 18 June 2008 I published my iPhone app wishlist and I'm happy that most of my most requested applications have been released (Thank you Texas Hold'Em!). Two my most request applications dealt with fuel, specifically a fuel economy tracker and a cheap gas finder. Several iterations...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Vehicle, MPG, AccuFuel, Gas Finder, Roi/Tco, GPS, 3G, Handhelds, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Government, markets and regulation

Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...

Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

VMWare looks ahead at Microsoft, year-end financials and morale

VMWare looks ahead at Microsoft, year-end financials and moraleWe need better Wall Street analystsI frequently see the phrase "fell short of Wall Street analysts predictions", as if a company did not do as well as it should have, and has a negative connotation.I'm seeing this phrase with increasing frequency, these...

Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Trick out your fleet with fuel consumption monitors from Networkcar

Trick out your fleet with fuel consumption monitors from NetworkcarGood idea.For once I don't have a major complaint about your blog *GASP*!This is actually a very good idea :).Even if you can't afford something fancy like this, it's always a good idea to keep track of your mileage. I believe...

Tags: Networkcar, consumption monitor

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Craft Director Tools (exe)

Architects: faster walk thru and animated traffic in your scenes within hours. 'Drive' a camera around your house. Animators: CG Airplanes, helicopters and tanks in minutes - all motion is simulated and then captured in key-frames automatically. Previz - move cameras and vehicles around your scenes with an input device....

Tags: Camera, Tool, Helicopter, Craft Animations

Software downloads 2008-07-01

Car crash on Wall Street: many injuries and heavy losses

Not since the financial industry did a header off the high board into a mortgage pool filled with bad paper. It's been literally weeks since an American-based business sector looked this sick. I've been trying to keep up with the bloody saga of the Detroit auto makers and...

Tags: Car, Stock, Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Wall, Sales Strategy, Mortgages, Sales Force Management, Construction, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Sales, Finance, Capital Structures, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-30

First scientist to warn Congress on Global Warming: It's certain and we're certainly out of time.

First scientist to warn Congress on Global Warming: It's certain and we're certainly out of time.It's the sun, stupid.The earth has been cooling for the last 10 years. If the current low solar activity keeps up, we could be in deep doodoo.RE: First scientist to warn Congress on Global...

Tags: U.S. Congress, Hansen, data set, global warming

Discussion threads 2008-06-23

Fishdom (exe)

Progress through challenging boards and solve immersive puzzles to earn cash. Use the money to buy eye-candy fish, attractive ornaments and accessories for your dream aquarium. Win awards and upgrade your virtual tank as you perfect your aquarium design skills and have fun with the lovely fishy sims. Being a...

Tags: Aquarium, Playrix Entertainment, Games, Corporate Governance, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law

Software downloads 2008-06-19

Car makers are doing all they can, you and I are the problem

Car makers are doing all they can, you and I are the problem....Not buying it Harry. People didn't buy the more efficient vehicles because they were not marketed with the same "sexy" fervor as the larger and less efficient ones. That is a fact. Almost every car commercial or advertisement...

Tags: Manufacturing, I-told-you-so, Blame Game, big vehicle, efficient vehicle

Discussion threads 2008-06-18

(Photos: Backstage at Kennedy Space Center, Act 2)

(Photos: Backstage at Kennedy Space Center, Act 2)Ares I vs. VThere's a parachute picture (Image 9) that refers to "the Ares 1 cargo launch vehicle" but as far as I know, no such beast exists. Ares 1 will be the launch vehicle for the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV, for...

Tags: Ares, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-06-18

Battle City (exe)

Battle City is an online tank wars game. Players build, defend and attack cities in an endless quest for control and dominance. To win you must drop the Orb on the enemy cities Command Center. The Command Center is always heavily guarded so teamwork will be essential. Bomb buildings and...

Tags: City, LOOBLE, Battle City, Command Center, Team Management, Games, Management, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-06-12

Crude oil: OPEC cartel? Speculation? Unlimited demand?

Crude oil: OPEC cartel? Speculation? Unlimited demand?Why is Crude Oil Price so High?Why is the Dollar so low?RE: Crude oil: OPEC cartel? Speculation? Unlimited demand?It's pretty easy. OPEC is made up mostly not all mind you, of countries that are not to fond of the US....

Tags: Auto Industry, OPEC, Crude Oil, cartel

Discussion threads 2008-06-06

In all fairness: here's concise statement of the drill-more-oil position

In all fairness: here's concise statement of the drill-more-oil positionI've always respected George WillEven when we disagree. Now your job is to tell us why he's wrong.Truly amazingly short sightedYou're in your bedroom, your wife has hollered outside for help because in the background your house is on fire,...

Tags: concise statement, fairness, oil

Discussion threads 2008-06-05

Two radically opposed views of global warming bill: fighting it will bring health and welfare, or end our currently blessed state of being. You get to watch the battle.

The US Senate is the first national battleground for an attempt to get the federal government to take action to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. We already know the attempt by more than a dozen states to raise auto emission standards was stopped by the EPA earlier this year. ...

Tags: America, Health Care, U.S. Senate, Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-03

Oddball thinking about OOP

Here's a variant thought about object oriented programming: it's a failure most directly because no one's developed a programming environment that fully implements the core messaging ideas - and the reason no one's been able to do it is that the OO ideas apply mainly to analog,...

Tags: Object-oriented Programming, Messaging, Analog, Programming, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-06-03

6 reasons government IT projects fail

Failed government IT projects occur with alarming frequency. In some respects, these failures share much in common with botched private sector initiatives. For example, failures in both environments are primarily a function of poor management rather than bad technology. Still, there are important differences between government...

Tags: Team, Information Technology, Procurement, Accountability, Government, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-05-30

Microsoft's grand plan to eliminate phone numbers

Microsoft's grand plan to eliminate phone numbersYeah. Sure.Right after we get the paperless office, flying car & the long-promised 3-day work week.Google has GrandCentral for contacting user's various phone numbersGoogle has GrandCentral something kind of along these lines with making multiple contacts but to the different phone numbers that one...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Microsoft Corp., phone, network

Discussion threads 2008-05-29